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December 2007

Steve Halliday

From the editor's desk!

Welcome to the latest issue of the High Tech AIDCourier.

Happy holidays to everyone. There was no issue of the newsletter in November and this issue is a little late (or early depending on your point of view), but it means that it is the last of the year and that 2007 is rapidly approaching. So how did your 2007 go? Does 2007 look better, worse or different? Here at High Tech Aid we have had an interesting year with a few epiphanies.

After twelve years of "playing" with RFID, I had thought that we had covered RFID education fairly well and that part of my life was going away. Boy was I wrong. In the past few months I have seen several cases where companies looking to be involved in RFID really did not understand the capabilities the technology has. Worse, they had pre-formed ideas that were very wrong.

Have we failed as an industry to recognize that our customers have not evolved with us? Is it that we have failed to recognize that we have new customers inquiring about the technology? Or is it that we have progressed to a stage where we are just not explaining in so much detail and we are causing an issue.

On the other hand, we are still seeing a lot of PowerPoint presentations from companies about RFID with vague promises of the future. Let's make 2007 the year we start to show real product and meet real expectations. I expect that 2007 will be the year of large closed loop applications going live and we need to start showing the capabilities to those who do not understand.

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Technology News Briefs

RFID Standards

A busy month for the RFID standards world. Meetings in France and California have moved the work on various standards forward.

ISO 18000-1 FCD ballot was resolved and will go to FDIS
ISO 18000-2 is on hold waiting input from another ISO committee
ISO 18000-3 FCD ballot was resolved and will go to FDIS, new Mode 3 (equivalent to EPCglobal™ HF standard) is still waiting for input from EPCglobal™.
ISO 18000-4 FCD ballot is resolved and will go to FDIS
ISO 18000-6 2nd CD ballot is being resolved, and will go to another CD when all of the technical comments are resolved
ISO 18000-7 2nd FDIS is about to close. ISO will publish in early 2007
ISO/IEC 15961 parts 1 – 3 should start CD ballot early in 2007
ISO/IEC 15962 should start CD ballot early in 2007
ISO/IEC 24753 will be sent to second CD ballot
ISO/IEC 24791 – all parts in process
ISO/IEC 18046-1 CD planned for April 2007
ISO/IEC 18046-2 in progress
ISO/IEC 18046-3 Published
ISO/IEC TR 18047-6 REV 1 DTR ballot to start late 2007
ISO/IEC TR 18047-7 REV 1 PDTR planned for April 2007
ISO/IEC TR 24769 DTR ballot to start late 2007
ISO/IEC TR 24770 PDTR ballot to start late 2007

If you are not sure about the stages of ISO development see http://www.hightechaid.com/standards/how_does_
iso_work.htm

If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of RFID standardization, then email steve@hightechaid.com.

Radio Frequency Identification

IBM uses RFID

To track conference attendees
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9042779&source=NLT_
PM&nlid=8

Tag, You're It

Tiny RFID computer chips with the needles used to implant them under the skin http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1673283,0
0.html

Goodyear and NASCAR use RFID tags

To track racing tires
http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6492502.html

The future of RFID

By 2027, most companies will have more RFID readers than telephones.
http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6486427.html?nid=2407&rid=1733663168

IPICO and CHEP commit

To Dual Frequency RFID development in Australia and New Zealand
http://www.stockhouse.ca/news/news.asp?tick=RFD&newsid=622
6953

New RFID Spec Promising

600 Reads Per Minute
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2219130,00.asp

Making RFID more secure

Frost and Sullivan’s opinions
http://dataweek.co.za/article.aspx?pklArticleId=4900&pklCategoryId=31

NFC chip IP will open mass market,

Says Innovision
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/11/14/42626/nfc
+chip+ip+will+open+mass+market+says+innovision.htm

TAGSYS Announces

Pre-Standard HF Gen2 Suite
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1487&from=rss

Progressive Gaming Introduce

Chip Inventory System at the 2007 Global Gaming Expo
http://www.stockhouse.ca/news/news.asp?tick=PGIC&newsid=620
8035

Metro Group

Expands Its RFID Trial
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2215259,00.asp

Radio Frequency Identification

In Casino Slot Machine
http://gamblingplanetawa.blogspot.com/2007/11/radio-freque
ncy-identification-in.html

USDA Purchases

1.5 million electronic ID tags
http://cattletoday.com/archive/2007/November/CT1267.shtml

First Impressions of RFID

From Beijing
http://www.rfidsb.com/showthread.php?s=43e7908289b4d23f80e031a0de3ae881&t=285

Impinj Claims

RFID Tag Direction Victory
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1481&from=rss

WalMart refines

Its original RFID strategy
http://www.privacydigest.com/2007/11/05/walmart+refines+its+
original+rfid+strategy

Item Level RFID Tagging in Action

Great video
http://www.rfida.com/2007/11/item-level-rfid-tagging-in-action
.htm

NPR:

Radio Frequency Identification
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1831160

Dallas Cowboys Kick Off

New Infrastructure with RFID
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1478&from=rss
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2209698,00.asp

Other RFID Issues

Health risks? Massive layoffs of workers?
http://retailnu.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/other-rfid-issues/

RFID Basics:

Antenna Propagation
http://www.rfdesignline.com/howto/lowpowerrf/202601128;jses
sionid=1ZBM52XMYZO2CQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN

Hitachi

Develops World's Smallest RFID Chip
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hitachi-Develops-World-039-s-Smallest-RFID-Chip-69347.shtml

RFID Standards

An Interview with Paul Chartier
http://www.it-analysis.com/business/content.php?cid=9939

Tags Here,

There, Everywhere
http://www.kdcstaffs.com/it/main_view.php?nNum=4444&page=&part=Cover

USDA purchases electronic ID tags

To advance animal disease control capability
http://www.thelandonline.com/l_special_events/local_story_2921
63406.html?keyword=topstory

RFID pilot

For Hawaii's Department of Agriculture
http://www.global-identification.com/index.php?id=
20&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=887&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4

Tag,

You're It
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1673283,0
0.html

RFID Cabinet

Will remember your items placed inside it
http://www.rfid-weblog.com/50226711/rfid_cabinet_will_remember_your_item
s_placed_inside_it.php

IBM Uses RFID

To Track Conference Attendees
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/138491/ibm_use
s_rfid_to_track_conference_attendees.html

Hitachi Develops a New RFID

With Embedded Antenna µ-Chip
http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/030902.html

RFID system crash

Costs Tokyo trains millions
http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/future-tech/news/rfid-system-cra
sh-costs-tokyo-trains-millions?articleid=107935391&source=rss

Metro to penalize suppliers

Who don't use RFID
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=80462-metr
o-rfid-logistics

RFID:

Thinking Outside the Box, Part 1
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/59758.html

LA Times Reports

On RFID Airport Baggage Market
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-insider14oct14

Biometrics

Multiple biometrics for Norway

21 BioEnrol biometric capture kiosks in ePassport and visa pilot scheme.
http://www.securitydocumentworld.com/public/news.cfm?m1=c_11&m2=e_0&m3=e_0&m4=e_0&subItemId=1165

Biometrics won't fix data loss problems

Academics attack government untruths on ID
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/27/biometrics_not_magic_
bullet/

China's Fingerprint Identification Market

To Reach RMB 4.651 Billion in 2011
http://au.biz.yahoo.com/071120/43/1htg1.html

Motorola Plays Key Role

In UK Biometric Visas Pilot Program
http://www.bapcojournal.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/926

Healthcare and Life Sciences

RFID skin patches

For identification and diagnostic applications
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk45-07-0006.htm

Tracking blood

The RFID way
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8165

Samsung develops RFID chip

For mobile handsets
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2407173/406208/88861/2/

Wireless Tagging Companies

In Healthcare Push
http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.uk/wh/news/wk49-07-0005.htm

A strip of paper that speaks

Allows your pill bottles to talk back.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825151-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Active RFID in Healthcare and Hospitals

IDTechEx Analyst Article
http://www.packagingessentials.com/indnews.asp?id=2007-11-1
3-14.33.01.000000

UMass Med Center Finds Big Savings

Through Tagging
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/3763/
http://www.labelingnews.com/?p=9

University Of MD Medical Center

Selects InnerWireless' PanGo Asset Tracking Solution
http://www.wirelessworkforceonline.com/content/news/article.as
p?docid=7672b931-7e6c-41b9-8683-be77ef5dbcbc&atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO

IBM, Tagsys team

To help pharma firms use RFID to track drugs
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046800&source=rss_new
s10
http://www.pharmaceuticalonline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=d37e6590-72a9-4954-b0cc-fc29dda95aa9

RFID Solution Announced

For California e-Pedigree Reqs
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1465&from=rss

RTLS

Dubai theme park adopts wi-fi RTLS

To ensure visitor safety
http://www.global-identification.com/index.php?id=20&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=889&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4

Privacy

California Research Bureau convenes

RFID Document Advisory Panel...
http://blog.library.ca.gov/archive/2007/10/22/--California-Rese
arch-Bureau-convenes-Radio_2D00_Frequency-Identification-Document-Advisory-Panel.aspx

RFID Tech Misunderstood

In Privacy Debates
http://www.crmbuyer.com/rsstory/59933.html

RFID Vulnerabilities

And Privacy Infringement problems
http://www.kdcstaffs.com/it/main_view.php?nNum=4445&page=&part=Cover

Schwarzenegger terminates

Mandatory RFID implants
http://www.global-identification.com/index.php?id=20&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=884&tx_ttnews[backPid
]=4

RFID legislation

Can be senseless
http://www.dcvelocity.com/viewpoints/?article_id=1397&source=fromVelocityViewpoints

Privacy Concerns Dog IT Efforts

To Implement RFID
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=305197&source=rss_topic
15

Barcode

The QR Code

Is not your father’s barcode
http://www.secureidnews.com/library/2007/11/14/the-qr-code-is-
not-your-fathers-barcode/

Wireless

Health effects of WiFi

To be studied
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/14/british-government-to-st
udy-health-effects-of-wifi/

Homeland Security

TSA begins issuing ID cards

To port workers
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38296&dcn=
e_hsw

TSA moves forward

With transportation worker smart-ID initiative
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9045319&source=NLT_P
M&nlid=8

Ten fingerprints to be required

At some airports for foreign visitors
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38666&dcn=e_hsw

Latest ICAO MRTD report

Scathing of ePassport critics
http://www.securitydocumentworld.com/public/news.cfm?m1=c_11&m2=e_0&m3=e_0&m4=e_0&subItemId=1206

Your cell phone as your boarding pass?

Continental Airlines is testing a system.
http://gbg-greatbiggeek.blogspot.com/2007/12/your-cell-phone-as-your-boarding-pass.html
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/10/mobile-check-in.html

Technology to secure ports

Faces Senate critique
http://govexec.com/dailyfed/1007/101507tdpm1.htm

General

E-Paper Comes Alive

But commercial products are a few years off.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19736/?nlid=677

Press Releases

A regular feature of HighTechAIDCourier will be a review of interesting press releases from around the world. Please send your press releases to news@hightechaid.com, but do not forget to include a URL to the full release on your web site. Here are this month’s selections:

Magellan Technology’s new PJM RFID products enable reliable tracking of original documents

Magellan’s PJM StackTag® technology is unique in its ability to track single page RFID tagged documents in stacks and more than several thousand documents at a time

Sydney, Australia - Monday, November 5, 2007
Magellan Technology announces the release of a full range of Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) RFID products targeted for document control applications. Only Magellan’s PJM StackTag® technology, which complies with the international standard ISO/IEC 18000-3 Mode 2, has the ability to communicate with RFID tags even when they are stacked without any separation. This unique attribute enables the reliable tracking of original documents, including single page documents, on desks, in folders, on shelves, or in archive boxes.
http://www.magellan-rfid.com/

Progressive Gaming to Introduce Latest Versions of Table iD™ and RFID Enabled Chip Inventory System at the 2007 Global Gaming Expo

Global Gaming Expo 2007
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Progressive Gaming International Corporation (NASDAQ:PGIC) (“Progressive”), a leading provider of diversified products and services used in the gaming industry worldwide, will introduce new updates for the jointly owned and marketed Table iD table management system and its Chip Inventory System (CIS) at the seventh annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) (Las Vegas Convention Center: Booth #3033) in Las Vegas, November 13-15.
http://www.businesswire.com/por
tal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmVie
wId=news_view&newsId=
20071112005822&newsLang=en

RFID Consortium LLC Established

Plans to Offer Convenient, Cost-Effective Way to License RFID Patents

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seven companies from around the world today announced they have organized the RFID Consortium LLC to jointly license essential ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID) patents http://www.businesswire.com/p
ortal/site/google/index.jsp?nd
mViewId=news_view&newsId
=20071127005434&newsLang=
en

Foxwoods Resort Casino Selects 13.56 MHz RFID Technology for Its Casino Operations

Foxwoods Plans to Integrate Progressive Gaming’s Table Management Technology into Approximately 250 Tables at their Connecticut Properties

Casino to Purchase Approximately 1 Million RFID chips from Gaming Partners International

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Progressive Gaming International Corporation (NASDAQ:PGIC), a leading provider of diversified products and services used in the gaming industry worldwide, and Gaming Partners International Corporation (NASDAQ:GPIC) (“GPI”), a leading provider of casino currency and table game equipment worldwide, announced today that Foxwoods Resort Casino has selected the Paulson chip embedded with high frequency RFID tracking technology along with the Chip Inventory System (CIS) table management system for the majority of their table gaming operations. The RFID technology is licensed by Progressive Gaming through its strategic partnership with Magellan Technology, the providers of the RFID products and the PJM protocol used for item level identification systems that provide reliable high speed processing of items including stacked gaming chips.
http://www.businesswire.com/por
tal/site/google/index.jsp?nd
mViewId=news_view&newsId=200
71205005534&newsLang=en

Impinj Expands Global RFID Reseller Network

10/15/2007 6:00 AM | Market Wire
SEATTLE, WA (MARKET WIRE) Leading UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) tag chip and reader supplier Impinj, Inc. today announced the expansion of the company's global reseller network with the addition of seven new RFID solutions providers in the regions of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
http://www.marketwire.com/mw
/release.do?id=780568&source
Type=3

Sirit Plug-n-Play Readers Authenticate Sports Memorabilia

Prova Group Inc. to roll out collectibles application at Football Spectacular Show

Toronto, ON – November 29, 2007 – Sirit Inc. (“Sirit”) (TSX: SI), a leading provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology, announced today that Prova Group, Inc. (“Prova”) has selected Sirit’s Plug-n-Play SDIO reader as the RFID platform for their sports memorabilia authentication application. The portable reader solution will be used exclusively at the Football Spectacular Show, a large sports collectibles exhibition starting today at the Dallas Convention Center.
http://www.sirit.com/event_releas
e-info.php?id_news=75

SAVI TECHNOLOGY TAPS SOLAR ENERGY TO POWER RFID-BASED ASSET TRACKING SYSTEMS

Defense and Commercial Customers Gain Energy Benefits from Savi’s Innovative Use of Solar-Powered Radio Frequency Identification Hardware

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Nov. 19, 2007 – Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company [NYSE: LMT], has recently begun deploying solar-powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and signposts, enabling customers in the defense and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs while tracking supplies in real-time.
http://www.savi.com/news/2007/
2007.11.19.shtml

Sirit Delivers Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Year-over-Year Growth

Operational strength reflected in double digit growth, improved margins and realized acquisition synergies

TORONTO, Nov. 13 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a leading provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
http://www.sirit.com/event_rele
ase-info.php?id_news=73

CISC Semiconductor to Launch RFID Tag Emulation Innovation.

The newly designed tool “CISC RFID Tag Emulator” is used as UHF RFID tags in order to test, analyze, and verify UHF RFID system installations and readers.

Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA – November 13, 2007. CISC Semiconductor today announced the launch of its latest innovation, the “CISC RFID Tag Emulator”. The technology applied within this tool is developed by CISC Semiconductor and offers an entirely new approach to test, analyze, and verify - both RFID system installations and readers. www.cisc.at

The BRIDGE project delivers General Requirements and a High-Level Design for Discovery Services

Brussels, Belgium, 13 November 2007 – The BRIDGE project (Building Radio frequency IDentification for the Global Environment) is presenting significant results in the area of Discovery Services by publishing two major deliverables on its public website: General Requirements and a High Level Design for Discovery Services.
www.gs1.org

NFC Forum Welcomes NTT DoCoMo as Sponsor Member

Rapid Growth in Membership Shows Momentum for Near Field Communication

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – November 12, 2007 – The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced its newest Sponsor member: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
www.nfc-forum.org

Texas Instruments to Support MULTOS as First Secure OS on its RF360 Smart IC Platform for Government IDs

TI leveraging the StepNexus open-standard OS for its proven security and global prevalence in smart card applications

Dallas, Texas (November 12, 2007) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that MULTOS will be the first chip operating system supported on its advanced RF360 smart Integrated Circuit (IC) platform for electronic passport (e-passport) and government ID applications.
http://www.ti.com/rfid/shtml/ne
ws-releases-11-12-07b.shtml

Texas Instruments Selects Certicom to Secure Next-Generation of Government-Issued Identification Documents

Certicom's Elliptic Curve and RSA Cryptography to increase security and performance of TI's smart IC platform

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and DALLAS, Texas – (November 11, 2007) Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) today announced that Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) is licensing Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology to deliver enhanced security as part of the TI RF360 next-generation, smart integrated circuit (IC) platform for government-issued electronic identification (e-ID) documents.
http://www.ti.com/rfid/shtml/new
s-releases-11-12-07.shtml

Sirit Introduces RFID Reader Swap-Out Program

TORONTO, Nov. 8 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a leading provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") solutions, today introduced its Reader Swap-Out Program featuring a $250 product pricing incentive for users that replace currently installed RFID readers with Sirit's INfinity 510.
http://www.sirit.com/event_relea
se-info.php?id_news=72

Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Runners Save Time By Using RFID Technology from Alien Technology®

Racetimer Offers Alien RFID Solution for Race Events

October 16, 2007, Morgan Hill, Calif. – Alien Technology, an industry leader in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services, today announced the use of RFID to save time and money for athletic event organizers and participants.
http://www.alientechnology.com
/newsevents/2007/press10160
7.php

Thin Film/Printable Batteries Market to Reach $5.6 billion by 2015

October 29, 2007
Glen Allen, Virginia: According to a newly released report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here, the value of the thin-film and printed battery market will reach $5.6 billion by 2015.
http://www.nanomarkets.net/ne
ws/pr_detail.cfm?PRID=229

RFID Tag Developer Tego, Inc. Announces Series A Investment

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tego, Inc., a Waltham-based developer of high-memory passive RFID tag solutions, announced today that it has closed a $6 million Series A investment led by Bainco International Investors, an asset management and wealth advisory firm.
http://www.businesswire.com/p
ortal/site/google/index.jsp?nd
mViewId=news_view&newsId=20
071031006027&newsLang=en

Thin Battery Technologies Appoints RFID Industry Veteran Matt Ream Vice President of Marketing

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thin Battery Technologies, Inc., the leading producer of thin, flexible, printed power source solutions, today announced that it has strengthened its management team with the addition of Matt Ream. As Vice President of Marketing, Ream will be responsible for leading the development of strategic and tactical growth plans for Thin Battery, while cultivating new and emerging market opportunities.
http://www.businesswire.com/p
ortal/site/google/index.jsp?nd
mViewId=news_view&newsId=2
0071112005979&newsLang=en

IPICO Confirms Option Grant to New RFID VP

Nov-12-2007
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO NOVEMBER 12, 2007 IPICO Inc. (TSX-V: RFD) ("IPICO") announced that Mr. John Greaves has joined the Company as Vice President.
http://www.ipico.com/index.cfm?
PID=15688&PIDList=15678,1568
8&PressID=1326&ACT=Display

IPICO and CHEP commit to Dual Frequency RFID development in Australia and New Zealand

BURLINGTON, ON, Nov. 23 /CNW/ - IPICO Inc. (TSX-V:RFD) today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with CHEP Australia for the trial and development of IPICO's passive Dual Frequency RFID tags in CHEP's managed returnable packaging solutions.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/rel
eases/archive/November2007
/23/c3700.html

RFID Enabled Active Shelf May Signal the Death of the Dewey Decimal System

Active Shelf System developed by Barcoding Inc. can help locate and catalog any book on a library shelf in minutes.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) October 27, 2007 -- Barcoding Inc. announced that their RFID Active Shelf Inventory System may soon spell the end for the Dewey Decimal System in libraries across the country. The shelf system, recently awarded the MD Daily Record Innovator of the Year Award, utilizes RFID technology to constantly monitor the location of books and other media on library shelves.
http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.p
hp/RW1wdC1TcXVhLVN1bW0tT
G92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Mobile Aspects Receives Additional Patent for RFID Technology

Corazon Conference on Heart and Vascular Care

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile Aspects, the industry leader in providing RFID-enabled solutions to improve profitability, efficiency, and safety within hospitals, has received another patent for its iRISupply clinical resource management solution.
http://www.businesswire.com/p
ortal/site/google/index.jsp?n
dmViewId=news_view&newsId=
20071023005254&newsLang=en

New Wireless ID Skin Patch Technology Designed to Reduce Medical Errors

WASHINGTON and GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical errors may soon be a relic of the past. Smart, wireless, RFID skin patches for identification and diagnostic applications are now being manufactured by Frank Sammeroff Ltd., who has formed a strategic alliance with Gentag, Inc. for the production of the patches.
http://www.earthtimes.org/arti
cles/show/news_press_releas
e,215632.shtml

Omnicell Announces Agreement to Acquire Rioux Vision, Inc.

November 30, 2007: 06:00 AM EST
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Omnicell, Inc. , a leading provider of system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rioux Vision, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $26 million, subject to adjustment. Rioux Vision designs and manufactures mobile cart technology that brings quality healthcare to the bedside through a point-of-care medication management process.
http://money.cnn.com/news/ne
wsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQ
F02330112007-1.htm

RFID: Outlook China

/24-7PressRelease/ - NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 19, 2007 - The forth-coming 2007 Olympics, has given a major boom to the RFID industry in China. RNCOS published a report named, "RFID: Outlook China" that discusses the current and anticipated market for RFID technology in China.
http://www.24-7pressrelea
se.com/view_press_release.php?rssID=34709

The Final Comment

We always try to find something to keep away those boring evenings while you wait to get back to work. This month is no exception, try these:

Some airline employees are attempting to cure the in-flight blues. (wait for it — the best bits are a few seconds in). http://www.glumbert.com/
media/preflight

Christmas. It's enough to make even Disney stress out, as shown by this hilarious 3-minute video from the JibJab guys. http://www.jibjab.com/
view/214756

Are you a caffeine addict?
http://www.davesite.com/humor
/caffeine/

Something to do while you wait: Pong extreme style.
http://www.liquid.se/pong/pong.
html

Just what you needed - more Useless Information
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useles
s/index.html

How about a blowup pub?
http://www.airquee.co.uk/pub/

The oxymoron list
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/

War of the Worlds in 30 Seconds (with bunnies)
http://www.angryalien.com/1005
/wowbuns.asp

Handheld games museum
http://www.wxpnews.com/rd/rd.cf
m?id=051011FA-Museum

Cutting pumpkins. It's become an art!
http://www.pumpkingutter.com/

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Technology News Briefs

RFID Standards

Radio Frequency Identification

IBM uses RFID

Tag, You're It

Goodyear and NASCAR use RFID tags

The future of RFID

Baird RFID Monthly

Controversy

Procter & Gamble’s Dick Cantwell

Supply Chain Digest’s take

Staples Business Depot

Food & animal

Schoolkid chipping trial

What Do I Need to Know

RFID platform

RFID News: The Future is Coming

Tagsys launches

BAA set

Tagsys Medio L400:

Motorola invests

Is RFID ready to jump into the pool?

RFID market

Timms opens RFID technology centre

Oh no!

Daimler joins RFID standardization group

Beijing Olympics uses RFID tickets

Samsung to Mass Produce

RFID's signal getting stronger

Are Printable Transistors the Magic Bullet

ABI Research

RFID

Strong Growth

RFID Consortium LLC Established

IPICO and CHEP commit

New RFID Spec Promising

Making RFID more secure

NFC chip IP will open mass market,

TAGSYS Announces

Progressive Gaming Introduce

Metro Group

Radio Frequency Identification

USDA Purchases

First Impressions of RFID

Impinj Claims

WalMart refines

Item Level RFID Tagging in Action

NPR:

Dallas Cowboys Kick Off

Other RFID Issues

RFID Basics:

Hitachi

RFID Standards

Tags Here,

USDA purchases electronic ID tags

RFID pilot

Tag,

RFID Cabinet

IBM Uses RFID

Hitachi Develops a New RFID

RFID system crash

Metro to penalize suppliers

RFID:

LA Times Reports

Biometrics

Multiple biometrics for Norway

Biometrics won't fix data loss problems

China's Fingerprint Identification Market

Motorola Plays Key Role

Healthcare and Life Sciences

RFID skin patches

Tracking blood

Samsung develops RFID chip

Wireless Tagging Companies

A strip of paper that speaks

Active RFID in Healthcare and Hospitals

UMass Med Center Finds Big Savings

University Of MD Medical Center

IBM, Tagsys team